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| Hello all, I am curious about some of the fishing up north (duluth area?).. I have done a bit of fly fishing for trout in SE MN with pretty good success, however, I am really interested in catching some brook trout, which are kind of scarce in SE. I have been told by a few people that going up north is the way to go for brookies, the problem is I live in SW MN and it is a 3.5hr drive and I am in no way familiar with the area or how/where to fish up there. Just so you know, I am NOT looking for anyone's special spots or to step on toes, just would like some advice about the area and some places to possibly start at and then I can take it from there. I am looking for small-med wadable (somewhat) streams that I can try my hand at.. Any advice would be greatly appriciated. Thanks! Josh |
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| Re: Newbie Question (United States) |
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Best way to get started on the North Shore is to visit with John at Great Lakes Fly Shop in Downtown Duluth, he us how to rig for the streams up the and put us on steelhead. My friend had never caught a steelhead on a fly rod before and I had one to my credit from last fall on the Root in Racine, WI. John was a tremendous help and we both caught steelhead that afternoon.
Good Luck!
Big Fella
Chaska & Aitkin, MN |
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| Re: Newbie Question (United States) |
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Hey Northmedic, are you familiar with the online DNR maps? There are actually some really good spots for fishing for brookies in the driftless (southeast MN). They are native brook trout as well, and you won't have to drive a million miles. The brookies get pushed out of any stream that has browns, so look for streams with wild populations of brook trout only. The north shore has some wonderful brook trout waters, but if your just lookin to catch a few natives, SE has a really healthy population. I even caught a nice one out of my favorite brown trout stream recently and they aren't managed on it. Go to the MN DNR website, and find the stream trout maps and just start browsing for a couple that have brooks but no browns with a W next to the name. They are mostly smaller, wilder, cooler little streams so I hope you have a short rod to navigate brush.
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